{"id":493,"date":"2026-05-11T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/?post_type=meetup_events&#038;p=493"},"modified":"2026-09-24T22:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:45:10","slug":"cle-ai-data-may-meetup-progressing-ai-studio-96","status":"publish","type":"meetup_events","link":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/meetup-event\/cle-ai-data-may-meetup-progressing-ai-studio-96\/","title":{"rendered":"CLE AI &#038; DATA May Meetup: Progressing AI @ Studio 96"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us on <strong>Monday, May 11th, 2026<\/strong>, for an evening dedicated to the intersection of scalable data architecture and Artificial Intelligence. We are thrilled to be hosted this month by <strong>Progressive at Studio 96 in Mayfield, Ohio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can&#8217;t build great AI without great data. As machine learning models and generative AI applications become more complex, the underlying data lakes feeding them need to be faster, more open, and highly scalable. We&#8217;ll have three fantastic speakers lined up for this event to dive into these trends, including a deep dive into Snowflake&#8217;s Iceberg product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schedule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>6:00 PM<\/strong> \u2013 Doors open, Networking, Food &amp; Drinks \ud83c\udf55\ud83e\udd64<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>6:25 PM<\/strong> \u2013 Welcome &amp; Introductions<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>6:30 PM \u2013 7:30 PM<\/strong> \u2013 Talks:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Melanie Yennam \u2013<\/strong> Taming LLMs for Production: Structure, Control, and Trust<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Muhammad Rana \u2013<\/strong> Why My Weekends Are Ruined: Building Startups with an AI Agent Ops Team<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Nicholas Speck \u2013<\/strong> Making your structured and unstructured data AI ready.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>8:00 PM<\/strong> \u2013 Wrap up &amp; Post-meetup networking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space is limited, so please <strong>RSVP to secure your spot<\/strong>. If your plans change, kindly update your RSVP so we can get an accurate headcount for food and beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking forward to exploring the future of AI and data with you all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/cleveland-ai-data\/events\/313736246\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See attendees and comments on the Meetup event<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/meetup-event\/\">See all CLE AI &amp; Data events<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLE AI &#038; Data May Meetup: Progressing AI, presented by Progressive and Snowflake. May 11, 6-8 PM at Progressive&#8217;s Studio 96 in Mayfield Village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-493","meetup_events","type-meetup_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meetup_events\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meetup_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/meetup_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meetup_events\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meetup_events\/493\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}